Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Limited
Registered name: NORTHWOOD TISSUE (CHESTERFIELD) LIMITED
Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Limited made £25.4m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £25.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.2m | £24.2m | £23.3m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £24.8m | £21.1m | £20.2m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 46 | 57 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 5.9% | 6.8% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £649k | £527k | £409k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | £33.1k | £31.3k | £28k | £25.6k |
| Cash conversion | −167.5% | 79.4% | −85.7% | −32.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼3.8% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲10.6% | ▼7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▲23.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £72.6k | £1.2m | £478k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £4.8m | £6.6m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £6.9m | £8.8m | £8.5m |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £12.5m | £15.2m | £12m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £10.1m | £7.7m | £7.6m | £4.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | £1.6m | −£1.7m | −£816k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −32.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲23%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £478k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £4.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £8.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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